Augustus pelisse



UNITED STATES PATENT 1 Gimme.

AUeUsTUs PELIssE, or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

HAT-SIZING MACHINE.

S .ECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,664, dated June19, 1883.

Application filed April 21, 1883. No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS PnLIssn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in thelcounty of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Sizing Machines; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, .and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad'to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates, in part, to certain improvements in a devicedescribed in a prior application.

The object the invention is to facilitate the operation of felting, todo somore effectually and perfectly, and to enable the hats to bemanipulated at a' very early stage after they have left the former, thussaving a certain amount of hand-labor.

The invention consists in the arrangements andcombinations of parts,substantially as will. be hereinafter set forth, and finally embodiedin' the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters ofreference indicate like parts in each of the several figures, Fig ure 1is a side elevation. of a portion of a hat sizing or felting machine. 2is "a front view of one of the felting-rolls which I prefer to use. Fig.is a sideview, and Fig.

is a vertical. longitudinal section, of the same.

5 is a view of one end of an adjustable bar, the other end being likeunto it, said bar being arranged to tie certain rolls or drums togetherand cause the latter to revolve with the shaft that carries them; andFig. 6 illustrates certain slots in the felting-drums, with and withoutthe said adjustable bar therein.

In carrying out my invention I form a bedplate,a, of a felting-machine,and within the same are arranged felting-rollers b b 1), substantiallyas shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the under rolls, 1) I), beingarranged to operate in a horizontal plane, or approximately a horizontalplane, and also arranged to be worked by suitable mechanism (not shownherein) in a slot, 0, which is curved downwardly and backwardly fromtheoperator. Above the depression between said rolls 1) I) is arranged theroll I), which works in horizontally-sliding boxes (I. Said boxes areactuated by adjustingserews 0, having fixed bearings on the bed-plate,whereby the said boxes are thrown backward or forward, as may bedesired. The roll I) is thus adapted to be adjusted to a cooperativerelation with the roll I) when the latter israised or lowered in theslot 0. The rollers I) I) I), or either of them, are preferably formedas indicated in 2, in which g is a shaft upon which the roll re vplves.h are independent sectional drums loosely adjust-ed thereon. i aresupportspreferably radial arms arranged between the drums, and at theends of the rolls secured to the shaft and adapted to work therewith;and k are lags secured upon said supports and working with them over andaround the beforementioned drums l1. Said drums maybe either solid orhollow, of wood, metal, or other appropriate material. The lags may bealso of wood or metal, or of hard rubber or other suitable material.

The operation and effect of the roll thus constructed is as follows: Thelagsare arranged to strike the hat-rolls to felt or size the same; butthe drums or body portions of the feltingrolls, not being secured to theshaft, but being free to work independently thereof, are influenced byengagement with the hat-rolls to revolve in the opposite direction, aswill be understood, so that the peculiarly harsh tightening effectis-overeome or greatly diminished, the rolls remaining in a soft andpliable con dition, so that the influence of the lags will be moreeffective. The drums may have a posi- 'tive independent motion drivenbyasystem of gearing. It will be thus observed that the lags and drumswork in opposite directions with an independentaction, as before intimated. This, however, is in' the earlier stages of the felting process. Inthe later stages I may lock the drums and lags together, so that thefelting-roll in all its parts may revolve together. To effect this I mayemploy any locking device. That which I prefer, however, is the oneillustrated, m being slots in the peripheries of the drums, which, beingbrought

